Sukanya

A total of 10 fillies, including Aidan O'Brien's English and Irish Guineas winners True Love (No Nay Never) and Precise (Starspangledbanner), have been entered in the G1 Coronation Stakes on Friday, June 19. The duo face G3 Fred Darling Stakes second Touleen (Lope De Vega) from the Owen Burrows yard. The filly finished sixth behind True Love in the G1 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. "She's well and seems good and it's all systems go for the Coronation," said Burrows. "We thought she had a good draw in the Guineas but...

Aidan O'Brien's pair of Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) and True Love (No Nay Never) headline the confirmations for the first Irish Classics of the season at the Curragh this weekend. Gstaad filled the runner-up spot behind Bow Echo (Night Of Thunder) in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket earlier this month and, with George Boughey keeping his charge fresh for Royal Ascot, the Starspangledbanner colt is the odds-on favourite to gain compensation in Saturday's Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas. A maximum field of 13 will go to post, with Karl Burke's G3 Greenham Stakes...

The team at Opulence Thoroughbreds is said to be "on cloud nine still" following the success of Sukanya in Saturday's G3 Dubai Duty Free Stakes at Newbury, with a decision on whether the daughter of Havana Grey will be supplemented for next week's 1,000 Guineas set to be made in the coming days. "My first reaction is I would like to go for the Irish 1,000 Guineas," said trainer Jack Channon in the immediate aftermath of that victory in the Classic trial better known as the Fred Darling. "We'll see...

Whether the Classic picture is any clearer this week than last is debatable but what the last seven days have brought us is some truly impressive performances to savour. And it is hard to pick just one, though it has to be said that Portcullis's Wood Ditton run was visually the most spectacular for all that you could see the colt learning with every stride he took, from being left at the start, to bounding through then clear of his rivals.  His maiden success for the King and Queen played...